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THE NEXT LEVEL. We can now 3D print pretty much anything from seemingly any material. Want to print a house out of concrete, a human cornea out of a bio-ink, or a pizza out of dough, sauce, and cheese? Piece of (3D-printed) cake.The one material that’s proven a bit trickier, though, is metal. Industrial printers are up

We've already seen plenty of weird and wonderful gadgets at IFA 2018, but sometimes the most useful devices come in the plainest packages – and so it is with the Devolo Magic. The Powerline networking kit hits a new high of 2,400 Mbps, enabling you to get super-fast internet running

An Australian physicist is leading a push to pioneer a new type of low-cost solar energy he believes could make signing up for energy accounts as straightforward as signing up for a mobile phone plan.University of Newcastle Physicist, Professor Paul Dastoor, and his team of 30 researchers are already well

Scientists have used a quantum computer to conduct large-scale simulations of two types of quantum materials. These studies involved about 2,000 quantum bits, or qubits — many more than the tens of qubits available in most quantum computers.The results, published in two recent studies in Science and Nature, provide a

The potential applications of immersive virtual reality systems are increasing with the current market being beyond the traditional gaming sector. Virtual Reality (VR) can be used for information visualization in industrial sectors. The defense sector can use virtual reality to create simulated environments to train pilots, soldiers, and crisis response

Chemists have reported on an important breakthrough on the path towards creating a rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery. This is a challenging issue with energy technology.Researchers from the University of Waterloo are edging closer to creating a working battery that has near 100 per cent coulombic efficiency. In a new study, the

With the help of exoelectrogens, researchers are moving forward with their plans to fully develop a paper battery that stores energy for up to four months.
Perhaps in the ultimate nod to low cost and sustainable energy derivatives, a team of researchers from the State University of New York, Binghamton have

The wireless adapter for the HTC Vive virtual reality headset will cost $300 to $360, according to the product listing on Vive’s official website.The adapter, which allows users to use the VR headset without needing to physically connect it to their computer with cables, goes on pre-order on Sept. 5.

Researchers have applied solution-based chemical synthesis techniques in order to improve light emitting devices. The new technique could assist with the development of more advanced electronic devices.The new nanostructured approach using solution-based chemical synthesis is in contrast to traditional nanolithography techniques. The research comes from the University of California San

It is widely believed that you cannot reinvent the wheel and, yet, we beg to disagree. Here are 7 trailblazing wheel inventions bound to convince even the biggest of skeptics.
Reinventing the wheel is a derisive expression used to say that any improvements made upon a product are merely unoriginal duplications of

By stacking and connecting layers of stretchable circuits on top of one another, engineers have developed an approach to build soft, pliable "3-D stretchable electronics" that can pack a lot of functions while staying thin and small in size. The work is published in the Aug. 13 issue of Nature

Freezing is one of the simplest methods of preserving food, biological tissue and other perishables, but the formation of ice crystals can damage cells. Now, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a new way to "supercool" water and similar solutions to keep them in a liquid form well